Jabrosky
Banned
Have you ever designed characters you thought were really awesome and had a lot of potential, only to end up stumped on how to bring them to life in a story? This problem has been the bane of my career as a budding fantasy writer. I come up with character concepts that I love dearly and draw them down, but when the time comes to actually write a story around these characters, for some reason I have a hard time finding a satisfactory plot for them to act in. I mean, I know I have to give my characters some form of conflict, but there are so many things I can throw at them that I don't know which ones to single out for my plot. I think I suffer from an excess of ideas, which may additionally explain why I'm constantly changing their names and details of their back-stories.
That said, my characters do tend to fall into a small number of basic archetypes. My favorites are tribal warrior chicks who hunt prehistoric monsters and headstrong queens of ancient civilizations. I really want to do something with my babies, but my failure to do so thus far has caused me frustration to no end.
That said, my characters do tend to fall into a small number of basic archetypes. My favorites are tribal warrior chicks who hunt prehistoric monsters and headstrong queens of ancient civilizations. I really want to do something with my babies, but my failure to do so thus far has caused me frustration to no end.